Hook and eye.



Patentad Mar. I2, l90l,

E. W. GROESCHEL. nook AND EYE.

(Alip'licafiuu filed Aug. 29, 1900.)

(No Model.)

INVENTORI WITNESSES;

. ATTORNEYS.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,788, dated March 12, 1901.

Application filed August 29,1900. Serial No. 28,389. (No model-l To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN W. GROESOHEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at 102 Cambridge avenue, Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to let- I ters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to hooks and eyes; and it constitutes an improvement upon the device of this nature covered by United States Letters Patent No. 628,143, granted to me July 4, 1899.

One of the objects of the invention is to so construct the hook member of the device, and particularly the tongue thereof, that it will prevent the eye member from working back out of its proper seat at the bill end of the hook and so that, moreover, the intentional releasing of the eye member from the hook member will be facilitated.

My invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a top plan view of a hook and eye constructed after the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the hook member shownin Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation of said device. Fig. 4: is a side view of the tongue of this device. Fig. 5 is a view in plan of a modified form of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a view in side elevation of said modified form of the invention. Fig. 7 is a side view of the tongue of said modified form of my invention; and Figs. 8 and 9 are top plan and side views, respectively, of still another modified form of the invention.

As I do not wish to be limited to the use of any particular form of eye member, it is not necessary to refer to this-part further than to remark that eye members constructed substantially like those shown in the drawings are preferable for use in connection with my improved hook member. Said hook member consists of, preferably, a single piece of wire bent in such form as to produce the shank members ac, the bill I), and the eyelet-s c 0', these elements being the essential parts of a hook for a hook and eye. The shank members may lie substantially parallel to each other throughout their entire length, though, if desired, they may be provided near the bill end of the hook with loops d, serving as outlying anchorages. Fnrthur reference to these anchorages will be hereinafter made.

One eyelet c of the device is composed of one end portion of the wire, the tip or extremity d of said wire being preferably extended over a tongue 6, which is composed of the other end of the wire and extends from the rear end of the hook between and parallel' to the shank members a a, being spaced therefrom toward the bill end of the book. In the end portion of the tongue I form a loop f, the part g of which consists of a rebend formed in the wire which extends approximately to the extreme forward end of the hook, lying between those portions of the wire where the bill and shank members merge into each other. (It should be remarked that the bill is open, as shown in the plan views in the drawings.) This rebend extends backapproximately as far as the perpendicular line of the tip of the bill. Here the portion h of the wire of the loop extends vertically into approximate contact with the tip of the bill, where a gradual bend 2' is formed before the extremity of the tongue turns downwardly to meet the body portion of said tongue, preferably in the incline shown in the said views of the drawings. By shaping the wire as just described it will be seen that a pocketj is formed in the device for the reception of the eye member and that not only are the engagement and disengagement of the members facilitated by virtue of the gradual deflection or bend'i in the loop of the tongue and also of the freedom of lateral movement in the latter, but that also when the members are connected the eye member is prevented by the positive stop which the rebend g affords from working back under the tongue.

It is desirable that the tongue should have free vertical movement, so that the eye member may pass out readily between the loop of the tongue and the tip of the bill. I efiect this by either turning the anchorages slightly downwardly, as best shown in Fig. 3, or, if

. Figs. 8 and 9) in the shank members near the bill end of the device, thus, as will be seen, in either case elevating said shank members.

As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, instead of providing a loop in the end of the tongue the same may be provided with a rebend g, extending some distance back of the perpendicular line of the tip of the bill, the extrem- I ity of the wire being then turned up in an incline portion Z toward said tip of the bill in the shape of a loop, as shown in said figures, whereby the extremity of the wire is protected and the disengagement of the members facilitated, because the eye member can Wipe against the rounded portion 'm of said loop in being twisted out of connection with the hook member, this being the preferable manner of separating the parts. It will be seen that the loop is disposed in a laterally-extending plane. By virtue of this and the fact that it is opposed to the incurvation n the eye member must take an indirect course in order to be separated from the hook member, and so it is prevented from accidental disen gagement from the hook, though it may be separated therefrom with facility when this is intended.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A book for a hook and eye consisting of the eyelets, bill, shank and a tongue, said tongue extending first forwardly toward the bill, being near said bill formed with a rebend, and then terminating in a loop disposed between the eyelet end of the hook and said bill and approximately contacting with the tip of said bill, substantially as described.

2. A hook for a hook and eye consisting of the eyelets, bill, shank and a tongue, said tongue extending first straight toward the bill, being near said bill formed with a rebend, and then deflected upwardly into approximate contact With said bill, its free end terminating in approximate contact with its straight or body portion, substantially as described.

3. A hook for a hook and eye consisting of the eyelets, bill and shank, the said hook having a tongue extending from its eyelet end into approximate contact with the tip of the bill, and also having outwardly-extending downwardly-deflected loops, substantially as described.

4. A hook for a hook and eye consisting of the eyelets, bill and shank, the latter comprising two spaced members, a tongue extending from the eyelet end of said hook between said members and approximately cont-acting with the tip of the bill, and project-ions extending from said shank members into a plane beneath that of said shank members, su bstantially as described.

5. A book for a hook and eye consisting of the eyelets, bill and shank, the latter comprising two spaced members, a tongue extending from the eyelet end of said hook between said members, said tongue comprising a loop approximately contacting with the tip of the bill, a rebend extending forwardly from said loop in substantially the plane of the shank members, and projections extending from said shank members into the plane beneath that of said shank members, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of May, 1900.

EDWIN W. GROESOHEL.

W itnesses:

MARGARET BRITTON, ROBERT J. POLLITT. 

